My husband is an airline pilot and was picking me up from the Burlington airport and we were driving to smugglers notch. I had been commenting on how close the stars looked here and there weren't street lights everywhere so you could see them. I'm the one at home who points out the satellites at night. This lit up the whole sky like a lightning bolt that wouldn't go out. And then we saw the fireball.
Location
Address
Cambridge, VT
Latitude
44° 36' 8.36'' N (44.602322°)
Longitude
72° 48' 32'' W (-72.808888°)
Elevation
273.721m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2016-05-17 00:55 EDT
UT Date & Time
2016-05-17 04:55 UT
Duration
≈3.5s
Direction
Moving direction
From up right to down left
Descent Angle
248°
Moving
Facing azimuth
130°
First azimuth
130°
First elevation
70°
Last azimuth
90°
Last elevation
20°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-22
Color
White, blue, chunks of yellow and green
Concurrent Sound
Observation
Unknown
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
Unknown
Remarks
-
Persistent train
Observation
Yes
Duration
2s
Length
10°
Remarks
It looked like a big ice cream sugar cone turned on its side. And the color was changing to yellow, red, blue .As pieces exploded off the colors were changing.
Terminal flash
Observation
Yes
Remarks
Bright white light like 4th of July -artillery shots
Fragmentation
Observation
Yes
Remarks
Color change from bright white to yellow, red , blue and then to black with parts falling off.
